Letters, Letters, Letters

For the past few weeks I have been receiving tons of mail from Michigan. My nieces Emma, Claire, and Hannah and their mommy have been sending me a letter almost every day. Each envelope I opened had a letter in it that had been colored so beautifully. I was just told to keep them in a safe place and I'd find out why later. Well, a day ago they told me to unscramble all the letters and there would be a message. Look at all those letters....wow! This could be the message...I'm trying to think what it could be.

I got it! Wait...I don't have a pet...maybe that can't be it.

Alright! I love parties in the tub. I can splash around and play with my toys. But I still have letters left over. That must not be the message.

Turn the bed? No, that can't be it.

HEY!! That's not nice. There must be a better message than that.

Well, I guess I was happy at birth. My parents were happier I expect. I still have letters though. Hey...happy...birth...I GOT IT!!!

I LOVE IT! Thank you so much girls. What a surprise for me! I can't wait to look at it over and over again. What a special gift and I can see all the hard work you put into it. Kiss, Kiss, Kiss, Kiss to all four of you. And kiss daddy too!

School Birthday

My students made sure to let me know that they didn't forget my birthday. Right down to a brownie with around 10 candles coming out of it.

New York City '10

In the park ready to go.

Downtown NY

Uptown and Central Park Jack and I had to laugh over this sign.

OUCH! There's the Time Square ball on top of the W building and here's our theater for our Broadway show.

Lunch in Chinatown... Thought Matt might like to see the Apple store in NY. You enter the box and take stairs down into the ground.

Times Square

New Members of the Gang

You probably remember my Mr. Mug from my tea drinking new experince pictures. Well, let me tell you a little about Mr. Mug. His real name is Orange M&M. He became mine on my last trip to New York City when I visited the M&M World store. But after being home for awhile, he got kind of lonely, and I decided that on this trip I was going to get him some friends. So, let's meet them. This is Yellow M&M. He's a pretty happy fella. A very good friend to Orange. Red M&M also decided to join the gang of friends. He's a little into mischief.

Blue M&M or aka...Mr. Cool just couldn't stay away. He had to come along.

Whoa.... A Lady....*whistle* As you can see Green M&M was just too sweet to leave behind.

Mount Vernon

Taking a drive the other day, I found a road that gave me a look at Mount Vernon in the distance down a length of trees. It sure was beautiful with the rolling hills leading up to the house.

Cherry Blossom Fireworks

The Cherry Blossom Festival has fireworks to kick off the festival. I went to Gravelly Point Park to watch. Of course I was more interested in the planes flying by during the fireworks. You can see here the streak of a plane passing by.

I even got a video of it. :) Cool

Cherry Blossoms start

Cherry Blossoms are starting. I get to see them up close in a week. I did drive by the Jefferson Memorial on my way to something else and had to laugh at all the paddle boats in the water there. Unreal how many people were there. It wasn't too bad this afternoon, but give it a few days and warm weather and you'll be stuck in Washington if you drive in there. Trees are starting to bud at church too.

Ice Cream

We raised over three hundred dollars for the class trips just from serving ice cream sundaes. My eighth grade boys did a great job scooping out the ice cream. Oh mom...I did find someone to purchase the left over ice cream from me...after school daycare. :)

Video of Tea Party

Tea Party at Capitol

Jon Voight - yes the actor.

This is Obama's second cousin apparently. He's also a doctor.

From Michigan

Watching from the Capitol. I wonder who they are?